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Green Scavenger is a collection of eclectic, fun and trendy fashion that was founded by Kelly Roque as inspiration to spread the word that being green can happen through daily choices beyond recycling and reusing and extending to what we choose to wear.

A call for sustainable cotton at affordable prices has been reinforced by the IKEA Group of Sweden in a commitment to the Business Call to Action. IKEA’s aim for its Better Cotton Initiative is “to ensure that consumers do not have to pay a premium for cotton products that are more sustainably farmed than conventional cotton—using less water and fewer chemicals and pesticides” in the entire product line by the end of 2015, The Corporate Social Responsibility Newswire (CSR) reports.

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Hearts is a movement of conscious designers and consumers working together to change the world for good. Hearts collaborates with artisans around the world to re-engineer product streams based on social change and sustainability, and then educates individuals about how to use their purchasing power to change peoples' lives. They believe that conscious minds create change!

The first information and order platform for verifiably sustainable consumer goods in the European retail sector, Ecostyle, is launching a trade fair in which manufacturers can showcase their "green" lifestyle products. The fair is going to take place on the Messe Frankfurt exhibition grounds in Frankfurt, Germany, and welcomes international producers and guests between August 24 and 26 alongside Tendence (August 24 to 27, 2013).